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McAfee Security Insights Blog
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Organized Web Mobsters Getting Jobs Inside Corporations
In 2009, there were a reported 140 million records compromised, compared to 360 million in 2008. In 2010 there have been almost 13 million records stolen. But don’t have a party just yet. Criminals are fine-tuning their craft and getting better. The industry just isn’t making it as easy. 97% of those records were stolen [...]
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Poor Money Mule Not So Poor
“Money mules” may be unsuspecting Americans who act as shipping managers, do the dirty work for the bad guy, and open bank accounts, too. Sometimes the mule may be foreign, traveling to the United States specifically to open bank accounts. Mules often get hooked into a “small business” or employment that is a function of a [...]
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Youtube “cute puppies” video
I had been doing some work on the computer and was logged in to McAfee Family Protection under my account. I was looking for something on YouTube when I came across a video of a tired puppy falling asleep in his bowl of water. It was so cute I thought I would show it to my [...]
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McAfee Partner Rewards!
There is huge earning potential and prizes from the new McAfee Rewards program!! McAfee SecurityAlliance partner sales reps and sales engineers: Do not miss out! Register today at www.McAfeeRewards.com! It’s simple: Sell McAfee Earn points Redeem points toward fabulous stuff! We have McAfee Rewards participants frequently cashing in for huge prizes! Flat screen TVs! $5,000 [...]
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Maximize Cash For Clunkers!
The McAfee Cash for Clunkers campaign offers incentives to McAfee Elite partners and their reps & SE’s for certain competitive swaps in North America. Partner offer: Up to 60% off MSRP + deal reg margin! (Partners simply register the deal with the word ‘clunker’ in the Opportunity Name field and then ask for a 60% [...]
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Almost 13 Million Records Breached in 2010…So Far
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there have been 371 data breaches that have exposed 12,871,065 records so far this year in the United States. NetworkWorld reports that businesses suffered the most breaches, making up 35% of the total. Medical and healthcare services accounted for 29.1% of breaches. The government and military made up [...]
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Elements of Optimized Security: Multi-Layered Defenses
As I’ve mentioned, we believe that an optimized security program has three key elements. The first which I discussed in an earlier post is Global Threat Intelligence. The second key element of building an optimized security posture is the deployment of multi-layered defenses. This doesn’t mean deploying a different security product for each threat that [...]
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McAfee Completes Acquisition of tenCube
Yesterday, McAfee completed the acquisition of privately owned tenCube, the provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service. I’m excited to say that McAfee will now have a single platform, from the consumer to the enterprise, to address the management and security of all devices types, to all markets and with the most robust feature set. [...]
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Travel Warning: Fake Sites Try To Trick U.S. Visitors
Foreigners trying to register online for travel to the U.S. may face phony websites designed to steal their money and information, or spread malware, McAfee warns If you are a resident of one of the 36 countries participating in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, or know someone who is planning to travel to the United [...]
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Partners, Bring McAfee to the Game!
Simply ‘bring McAfee to the game’ by telling us about a competitor’s 250+ node endpoint security renewal, and we’ll give partner sales reps $100 just for telling us about it. Go to www.BringMcAfeetotheGame.com to submit an opportunity. We’ll validate that it is a new opportunity to McAfee, deal register it on your behalf, and send you $100 USD! That’s it! Submit before 9/30/2010.
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